I remember Farenheit 451 fondly but I think the hound was a really nasty and stalking kind of construction. I think clock-makers of some centuries ago did just as well as this. I think a competition with a speeded-up Orloj in Prague :has 17th century moving figures-( restored after war damage 1948)

What this demonstrates to me is that no matter how much you spend on a mechanical marvel, it breaks down all too easily. This heath robinson piece of junk managed, with a pole supporting in on the far side from the viewer and power and control cables dangling down, to run about hlf as fast as it's evolved, biological, namesake. Like an earlier respondent said, We invented wheels to do this type of thing.A omplete waste of money!.